Item 7 - PresentationLandmark Office Expansion
Site Plan
ZA18-0028
ZA18-0028 Landmark Office Expansion
APPLICANT:Landmark General Contractors,Inc.
OWNER:N.Carroll 114 Properties,LLC
REQUEST: Approval of a Site Plan to allow the expansion of
an existing office building
LOCATION: 750 N. Carroll Avenue
Aerial View
Existing Site
Existing
Driveway
Existing
Driveway
Proposed Site Plan
50.77 ft.
Proposed Driveway 8 ft. sidewalk
5 ft. sidewalk
8 ft. wood board-
on-board fence
Proposed Rendered Elevations
Proposed Rendered Elevations
Proposed Rendered Elevations
Proposed Tree Conservation Plan
Proposed Landscape Plan
Required trees
from east bufferyard
Site Photographs
View northeast to site
View west from N. Carroll Avenue
View north from Lakewood Drive
View north from Lakewood Drive
Existing Volumes with Current Driveway
Location with Existing Building
Volumes with Relocated Site Driveway
with Proposed Building Expansion
Queuing and Warrant Study Findings and Summary
Variance Requests
1)The following issue pertains to the driveways and compliance with the Driveway Ordinance No.634,as amended:
a.Section 5.2.c Driveways Prohibited:Commercial,multi-family and service driveways shall not be permitted on a collector or local unless the tract or lot has
no other public access.
b.Variance to Driveway Ordinance No. 634, as amended, 5.2.d, to allow an approximately 33 -foot stacking depth (75 ft. is required)on Lakewood Drive.
Note: The existing driveway accessing N. Carroll Avenue is “non -conforming” with the regulations of the Driveway Ordinance regarding
minimum centerline spacing (minimum 200’ from intersection required, ±45’ provided; 250’ from existing driveway to the north, ±225’
provided)and stacking depth requirements. (75’ required, ±28’ provided). Due to the proposed changes to the site, Section 4.0 requires that
the driveway be brought into compliance. Neither the existing driveway nor a reconstructed driveway can to be placed onto Car roll Avenue
without approval of a variance to the spacing requirements. Applicant has proposed removal of the existing driveway and a new driveway
onto Lakewood Drive that is compliant with the spacing requirements.
2) Section 35 of the Zoning Ordinance for off-street parking dictates 63 spaces for the site. The applicant is requesting a variance to allow a 5% reduction to
60 parking spaces
3) Variance to the Sidewalk and Master Pathways Plan requiring a minimum 8 -foot trail/sidewalk along N. Carroll Avenue and a minimum of 2 feet of
separation from the curb. The applicant proposes to allow a 5 -foot sidewalk directly against the curb.
4) Variance to Section 43, Overlay Zones of the Zoning Ordinance, for the required horizontal and vertical articulation f or the north and south elevations only.
5)Variance to Section 42 Bufferyards of the Zoning Ordinance, to allow relocation of 3 canopy trees and 5 accent trees from the east bufferyard, into the
interior landscape area along the north side of the lot.
Planning and Zoning Commission
January 3, 2019; Approved (4-3) a motion to deny.
City Council
January 15, 2019; Approved (7-0) on the Consent
Agenda) that the item be remanded back to the Planning
and Zoning Commission’s February 7, 2019 meeting.
Questions?
Existing Volumes with Current Driveway
Location and Existing Building (no expansion)
Queuing and Warrant Study Findings: Existing Volumes with Current Driveway